Rumors suggest BYU transfer point guard Rob Wright III didn't enjoy a very positive visit to Mark Pope's basketball program on Monday.
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Volume doesn’t make up for poor posts.
BYU was 23-12 with the probable #1 NBA draft pick. 7th and 500 in their league.
Upset in the first round of the NCAA by an 11 seed out of the SEC.
BYU coach was placed in that spot as a favor to the Jazz owner who he worked for and promised unlimited financial support.
Think you might be happier on your team’s board. UL would be my guess?
The constant negativity you wear as your badge has grown old and stale. Once started it’s tough for guys like you to reverse.
I absolutely agree with the points you made about the differences between Pope-era BYU and Kevin Young-era BYU. You did a great job reminding why comparing the two is unfair.
That said, I think you came down a little harsh with the ad-Homs. Dudah isn’t a Pope guy but he tends to be reasonable in how he engages the topic. I’m not sure labeling him a UL fan for this is fair. Almost all of us have varying levels of skepticism about some aspects of Pope, including you I’d bet. We don’t have to draw battle lines on every subject. Dudah seems to be a good dude, he just doesn’t trust the coach.
Neither are very impressive coaches so far. All this back and forth and i can end the debate there.
Always funny to see articles that are most likely a result of agents trying to use the media to up the bids get fought over by the audience. So much of this stuff has agendas behind it that is unseen by most of us.
I just don’t think you can trust recruiting news nowadays as it’s all become manipulated by the agents (lawyers ruin everything) to gain leverage for themselves and clientsShouldn’t be news to anyone. All the recruiting people said the visit was just a formality and it was basically a done deal. The visit clearly went horribly wrong!
Wright was never intending to leave BYU. Anyone that thought otherwise is delusional.
I'm just glad Zoom didn't get angry at the Wright attention and go elsewhere. I'm happy with a bigger,less delicate point guard unlike Lowe last season.
In hindsight, we can see Wright had no intention of leaving BYU by the time he visited Lexington. But at the time - without knowing that information - it wasn't delusional to think he may end up at UK, right?
It’s a sport where the narrative can change very quickly for all but the most decorated coaches.
There was a time early last year where it wouldn’t have been very controversial to say that Young was outpacing what Pope did at BYU by a fair margin. He went to a Sweet 16 in his first year after Pope couldn’t win a tournament game there, then signed Dybansta, who was putting up video game numbers and highlights while the team was ranked in the top 10 early on. Then the wheels fell off in Big 12 play and left it looking like an underachieving year considering they had a player that special. They don’t have a comparable recruit for this year, so their future trajectory is a bit less certain again.
Pope, on the other hand, looked almost dead in the water a couple of months ago, but suddenly has some life again after signing Momcilovic and Hampton in short order. If we can actually put it together to compete at the top of the conference this year, then there’s still a chance things can snowball in a positive way. These things often aren’t as set in stone as we sometimes like to act.
And I took notice of the “likes” you received. Funny how how most are on ignore.
Okay? Matters? I assume he was BYU fan before. Pope failed to recruit him. Ironic didn’t itb
A whole 2 wins? Raise a banner. How old are you? Serious question. This isn’t Kentucky.
I don’t think he said what you thought he said.
He’s definitely not a UofL fan he’s been here a long time.
It really has. We all know our insiders don’t have good information anymore but it’s the national guys who come out and say this dude is a lock that really gets everyone mad when things like this happen. It’s hard to not fall for it when it feels good in the moment.
It appears he was just playing hardball to get the offer he wanted and nothing more.
thanks Foxy. Calling me a Louisville fan is absolutely hilarious to me. I beat them up when I see them but whatever. None of these gay boys matter to me on here. They don’t want the smoke that I will 100 percent deliver.
No sense in taking it that far over this message board. Just ignore them and move on. I don’t even reply to the ones who wanna fight most times.
Don’t sweat it, brother. Just call the balls and strikes as you see them. There aren’t many people that I know love the Cats as much as I do and you’re one of those.
I wasnt calling you a UL fan. I was just saying the guy you responded to may dislike Pope even more than you do.
All hail Edgar Sosa, he always wants to fight and say prove it. lol. This Walmart guy was some dude trying to get his negative podcast going....
Failed to recruit who lol Ryan Smith has been enamored with Dybansta. He was always going to be at BYU. And id say it matters alot. Wouldn't you think Smith would make sure his longtime friend succeeds?
You are flat out smoking crack if you think an inner city black dude is “enamored” with BYU. So when did that start? Suddenly when Pope left? So he was “enamored” for 6 months? Okay guy.
and yes. Pope failed to recruit an apparent booster that’s a huge fan? Do I need to spell this out for you? Jesus Christ. We have the dumbest fans on the planet.
and I think I like you. Hard to keep usernames straight but what a dumb *** thing to say.
and for my many haters, won’t none of yall debate me cause it would mean you get slaughtered.
…….. crickets.
Actually scratch that, i have no clue who you are.
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Read my post again. Smith enamored with Dybansta . He was the reason he moved to Utah in high school. I didnt say Dybansta was enamored with BYU. But Ryan Smith's money was always going to keep Dybansta in Utah. And last, Smith did contribute to NIL while Pope was there, but I'm sure not like he is now. This probably isnt going to help you understand and you'll still respond with a temper tantrum. Have you met the Andy guy on here ? Yall would get along well
I stand corrected. And you got me twisted. I’m not a punk, I recognize when I’m wrong. No I don’t know who Andy is and I do no care about him. Or you.
so if dude donated as you said, why did Pope suck at recruiting there too!
And get your post/like ratio above the sad percentage it is before I care what your opinion is. Apparently your peers don’t think much of it.
Read my post again. Smith enamored with Dybansta . He was the reason he moved to Utah in high school. I didnt say Dybansta was enamored with BYU. But Ryan Smith's money was always going to keep Dybansta in Utah. And last, Smith did contribute to NIL while Pope was there, but I'm sure not like he is now. Not
Dude im with you on Pope isnt a great recruiter. I was saying earlier the Jazz owner is a big player in this. I think he is why they've gotten recruits at BYU.
Lmao how old are you. You big on getting your likes huh lol. You have to be someone's middle school kid on here.